Comments on: on context and identity http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/10/21/on-context-and-identity/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:45:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/10/21/on-context-and-identity/#comment-193655 dnorman Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:06:45 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2389#comment-193655 @ian - we talked a bit about using Drupal or WPMU, but decided this idea of context belongs outside the scope of a content management app. Drupal _might_ be a decent fit, especially with other tie-ins to LDAP and our institutional database. Elgg feels like a bad fit though. @jim - that timeline tool is fracking awesome. I. Want. It. And I want to talk with you UMW folks in depth about this. Very cool stuff. @ian – we talked a bit about using Drupal or WPMU, but decided this idea of context belongs outside the scope of a content management app. Drupal _might_ be a decent fit, especially with other tie-ins to LDAP and our institutional database. Elgg feels like a bad fit though.

@jim – that timeline tool is fracking awesome. I. Want. It. And I want to talk with you UMW folks in depth about this. Very cool stuff.

]]> By: Jim http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/10/21/on-context-and-identity/#comment-193652 Jim Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:04:54 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2389#comment-193652 D'Arcy, This is stuff we have been thinking through at UMW as well, and Patrick Murray-John in particular has been using the Simile toolset to visualize and contextual data by scraping RSS feeds, it is the beginning for us of much of what you are discussing: http://semantic.umwblogs.org Click on some of the links in the sidebar of his blog and check out some of the possibilities. It is young yet, but I think using these semantic tools to re-contextualize content people are creating to make connections has much in common with what you are getting at. D’Arcy,

This is stuff we have been thinking through at UMW as well, and Patrick Murray-John in particular has been using the Simile toolset to visualize and contextual data by scraping RSS feeds, it is the beginning for us of much of what you are discussing:
http://semantic.umwblogs.org

Click on some of the links in the sidebar of his blog and check out some of the possibilities. It is young yet, but I think using these semantic tools to re-contextualize content people are creating to make connections has much in common with what you are getting at.

]]> By: Ian H. http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/10/21/on-context-and-identity/#comment-193649 Ian H. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:19:32 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2389#comment-193649 You might want to take a look at <a href="http://elgg.org/" rel="nofollow">Elgg</a> - it's an open-source social network platform. You might be able to adapt it to what you're talking about. I tried it before v1.0 and it was okay, but not what I needed. Apparently, it's much improved since it went gold, and it might be what you're looking for. You might want to take a look at Elgg – it’s an open-source social network platform. You might be able to adapt it to what you’re talking about. I tried it before v1.0 and it was okay, but not what I needed. Apparently, it’s much improved since it went gold, and it might be what you’re looking for.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/10/21/on-context-and-identity/#comment-193646 dnorman Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:32:46 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2389#comment-193646 @scott WPMU/BuddyPress may well be a part of it. We got the feeling that a necessary precursor was missing, though. WPMU is great once you start publishing, but what about defining the contexts in the first place? As much as it pains me to say it, Facebook is a good model - user profiles, groups, pages... Hey! Let's just use Facebook! ;-) @scott WPMU/BuddyPress may well be a part of it. We got the feeling that a necessary precursor was missing, though. WPMU is great once you start publishing, but what about defining the contexts in the first place? As much as it pains me to say it, Facebook is a good model – user profiles, groups, pages… Hey! Let’s just use Facebook! ;-)

]]> By: Scott http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/10/21/on-context-and-identity/#comment-193642 Scott Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:07:39 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2389#comment-193642 --What if the course was just a Group, set up with its own identity and context, and aware of various bits of information.-- I think Wordpress MU / Buddypress will be perfect for this sort of thing. Hook that with Feedwordpress and you have a promising system. –What if the course was just a Group, set up with its own identity and context, and aware of various bits of information.–

I think Wordpress MU / Buddypress will be perfect for this sort of thing. Hook that with Feedwordpress and you have a promising system.

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